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Facts about the 



Association for the Study of 
Negro Life and History 



ROBERT E. PARK, President 

JESSE E. MOORLAND, Secretary-Treasurer 

CARTER G. WOODSON, Director of Research and Editor 
1216 You Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 



EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 

Robert E. Park, The University of Chicago 

Jesse E. Moorland, Washington, D, C. 

Carter G. Woodson, Washington, D. C, 

Julius Rosenwald, Chicago, 111. 

George Foster Peabodt, Saratoga Springs 

James H. Dillard, Charlottesville, Va. 

John R. Hawkins, W^ashington, D. C. 

Emmett J. Scott, Washington, D, C. 

William G. Willcox, New York City 

L. Hollingsworth Wood, New York City. 

Thomas J. Jones, Washington, D. C. 

A. L. Jackson, Chicago, HI. 

MooRFiELD Storey, Boston, Mass. 

Irving Metcalf, Oberlin, Ohio 

R. E. Jones. New Orleans, La. 



Active Membership, $2.00 Life Membership, $30.00 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-TREASURER 



Washington, D. C, June 16, 1919. 

The Association for the Study op 

Negro Life and History, Incorporated. 

Gefitlemen : 

I hereby submit to you a report of the amount of money re- 
ceived and expended by the Association for the Study of Negro 
Life and History, Incorporated, from June 30, 1917 to June 16, 
1919, inclusive : 

Eeceipts 

Subscriptions $1,532.14 

Memberships 483.17 

Contributions 4,989.29 

News Agents 357.94 

Advertisements 202.66 

Books 22AO 

Total Eeceipts June 1917, to June, 1919 $7,587.60 

Balance June 30, 1917 58.40 

$7,646.00 

Expenditures 

Printing and stationery $5,283.65 

Petty cash expenses 955.18 

Kent and light 314.03 

Stenographic services 844.49 

Eefunds 12.20 

Advertising 128.00 

Bond 10X)0 

Total expenditures $7,547.55 

Balance June 16, 1919 98.45 

$7,646.00 

Respectfully submitted, 

(Signed) J. E. Moorland, 

■ Secretary-Treasurer. 

Washington, D. C, June 16, 1919. 

Dr. C. G. Woodson, Director, Association 
for the Study of Negro Life and History, 
1216 You Street, N.W., City. 

Dear Sir: — 

In accordance with your request, I have audited the books of 
the Secretary-Treasurer of the Association for the Study of 
Negro Life and History and find them correct for the period 
from July 5, 1917 to June 16, 1919. 

Respect full}'', 

(Signed) C. E. Luc.vs, 

Auditor. 



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Estimated Expenditure 

Printing the Journal $ 7,500 

Eeprinting 3,500 

Stenographic services 1,800 

Managing editor's salary 1,800 

Field agent's salary 1,500 

Bonus for director's service 1,200 

Refund of money advanced 1,200 

Miscellaneous expenses 1,000 

Traveling expenses 840 

Postage 800 

Printing circulars, etc 500 

Stationery , 300 

Rent and light 300 

Office supplies 200 

Total $22,440 

Estimated Revenue 

Subscriptions $ 5,000 

Contributions expected 4,000 

Books 2,500 

Bound volumes 2,000 

Receipts from new agents 800 

Life membership fees ^ 500 

Active membership fees 350 

Advertisements 300 

Back numbers 25 

Old paper 25 

Total $15,500 

Balance needed $ 6,940 



CONTRIBUTIONS RECENTLY RECEIVED 



Julius Eosonwald $ 400.00 

Moorfield Storey : . . . 400.00 

Cleveland H. Dodge 400.00 

C. G. Woodson 400.00 

James J. Storrow 250.00 

Morton D. Hull 200.00 

Phelps Stokes Fund 200.00 

George Foster Peabody 125.00 

Harold H. Swift 100.00 

Frank Trumbull 100.00 

William G. Willcox 100.00 

Robert E. Park 50.00 

Father Tobin 40.00 

J. A. Jeffrey 25.00 

Frank 0. Lowden 25.00 

C. V. Roman 10.00 

W. B. Grant 10.00 

D. S. S. Goodloe 10.00 

A. S. Frissell 10.00 

John W. Lewis 10.00 

John Edw. Bruce 10.00 

C. E. Mitchell 10.00 

George C. Hall 5.00 

W. A. Bell 5.00 

Walter S. Scott 5.00 

Reuben West 5.00 

Mordecai Johnson 5.00 

James C. Burlls 5.00 

J. A. Cobb 5.00 

L. C. Jones 5.00 

E. Cottrell 5.00 

M. 0. Dumas 5.00 



MEMORANDUM IN RE THE ASSOCIATION FOR 
THE STUDY OF NEGRO LIFE AND HISTORY 

Its History: 

1. Organized in Chicago, September 9, 1915. 

2. Incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia, 

October 3, 1915. , ^ inic 

3. Brought out The Journal of Negro History, January 1, 191b. 

4. Held the first biennial meeting, August 28, 191 <. 

Its Purposes : 

1. To collect sociological and historical documents. 

2. To publish books on Negro life and history. 

3. To promote the study of Negro life and history through 

clubs organized for intensive work. 

4. To bring about harmony between the races by interpreting 

the one to the other. 

Its Promoters: 

1. Well-known philanthropists like Harold H. Swift, Morton 

D. Hull, Moorfield Storey, Frank 0. Lowden, William 
G. Wilcox, and Julius Rosenwald. 

2. Distinguished scholars like Roland G. Usher, John M. Meck- 

lin, Jerome Dowd, Kelly Miller, W. E. B. DuBois, Asa 

E. Martin, John H. Russell, Charles E. Chapman, and 
James F. Jameson. 

3. Prominent persons like Henry Churchill King, William J. 

Schieffelin, Helen Adams Kellar, R. R. Moton, A. S. 
Frissell, and George Foster Peabody. 

4. Some noted publicists, among whom are Talcott Williams, 

Frederick L. Hoffman, A. H. Stone, Mrs. L. Hammond, 
and Oswald Garrison Villard. 

What it has Accomplished : 

1. It has extended the circulation of The Journal of Negro 

History into South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. 

2. It has directed the attention of investigators to this neg- 

lected field. 

3. It has published many series of documents giving facts 

which are generally unknown. 

4. It has published valuable books, among which are 

A Century of Negro Migration and Slavery in Kentucky. 

Its Needs: 

1. A decided increase in revenue to extend the work by em- 

ploying a number of trained investigators. 

2. Adequate funds for publishing the results of their re- 

searches. 



THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ASSOCIATION 

FOR THE STUDY OF NEGRO LIFE 

AND HISTORY 



The name of this body shall be the Association for the Study 
of Negro Life and History. 



Its object shall be the collection of sociological and historical 
documents and the promotion of studies bearing on the Negro. 

Ill 

Any person approved by the Executive Council may become 
a member by paying $1.00 and after the first year may continue 
a member by paying an annual fee of one dollar. Persons pay- 
ing $2.00 annually become both members of the Association and 
subscribers to the Journal of Negro History. On the payment 
of $30.00 any person may become a life member, exempt from 
assessments. Persons not resident in the United States may be 
elected honorary members and shall be exempt from any pay- 
ment of assessments. Members organized as clubs for the study 
of the Negro shall gratuitously receive from the Director such 
instruction in this field as may be given by mail. 

IV 

The Officers of this Association shall be a President, a Sec- 
retary-Treasurer, a Director of Research and Editor, and an 
Executive Council, consisting of the three foregoing officers and 
twelve other members elected by the Association. The Assoeia- 



tion shall elect three members of the Executive Council as trus- 
tees. It shall also appoint a business committee to certify bills 
and to advise the Director in matters of administrative nature. 
These officers shall be elected by ballot through the mail or at 
each annual meeting of the Association, 

V 

The President and Secretary-Treasurer shall perform the 
duties usually devolving on such officers. The Director of Re- 
search and Editor shall devise plans for the collection of docu- 
ments, direct the studies of members, and determine what matter 
shall be published in the Journal of Negro History. The Ex- 
ecutive Council shall have charge of the general interests of the 
Association ; including the election of members, the calling of 
meetings, the collection and disposition of funds. 

VI 

This Constitution may be amended at any biennial meeting, 
notice of such amendment having been given at the previous 
biennial meeting or the proposed amendment having received 
the approval of the Executive Council. 



THE JOURNAL OF NEGRO HISTORY 

The chief concern of the Association so far has been the pub- 
lication of the Journal of Negro Historj^ a quarterly scientific 
review of one hundred pages of current articles and documents 
giving facts generally unknown. The aim is to popularize 
through this magazine the work of saving and publishing the 
records of the Negro that the race may not become a negligible 
factor in the thought of the world. This publication contains no 
controversial matter drifting into the heated discussion of the 
race problem for the purpose of the Association is to publish 
facts, believing that facts properly set forth will tell their own 
story. The subscription fee is $1.00 a year. 



WHY YOU SHOULD SUBSCRIBE TO THE 
JOURNAL OF NEGRO HISTORY 



1. You will always have on hand readv in- 

formation as to what the Negro has 
contributed to civilization. 

2. You will thereby aid the movement to 

preserve the records of one-eighth of 
the population of the world. 

3. You will also assist in giving the mis- 

informed public an opportunity to 
learn the whole truth about the Negro. 

4. You cannot obtain these facts from other 

publications for the reason that what 
most writers are now saying about 
the Negro is too controversial to be 
truthful. 

5. You will find its scholarly current ar- 

ticles decidedly helpful in the teaching 
of history. 

6. You will have excellent source material 

in the numerous documents appearing 
quarterly therein. 

7. You cannot obtain for one dollar a year 

any other one hundred page magazine 
so woll-i)rinted and containing such 
valuable information. 



WHERE THE JOURNAL OF NEGRO 
HISTORY GOES 



1. It circulates in North America, South 

America, Europe, Asia and Africa. 

2. It has been placed in three hundred col- 

lege and public libraries. 

3. It counts among its subscribers all of the 

accredited white colleges and universi- 
ties of the South. 

4. It is .found in practically all Negro 

homes where learning is an objective. 

5. It is read by most social workers to get 

light on the solution of the problems 
of humanity. 

6. It is subscribed to by the most noted 

students and professors of history m 
this countrv. 

7. It is used in classes carrying on re- 

search in the graduate schools of the 
largest universities in this country 
and abroad. 

8. It reaches the members of the Presi- 

dent's Cabinet. 

9. It is one of the few magazines placed on 

the desk of the President of the United 
States. 



FROM THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 



The period covered by the last two years has been the most 
successful in the history of the Association. It has not yet solved 
all of its difficult problems and is far from being above want, but 
the progress it has made during the last two years indicates that 
the ultimate accomplishment of its purposes is assured. 

The achievements of the Association have been various. 
There has been among the people an increasing interest in the 
study of Negro life and history as a result of the extension of 
the circulation of The Journal of Negro History and the Negro 
reading public has been considerably enlarged. This publication 
is now read by serious thinkers throughout the world and re- 
search students find it a valuable aid. The people as a whole are 
now reach' to hear the facts in the case of the Negi'o. They de- 
sire to know exactl}'' what the race has done to be entitled to the 
consideration given other elements of our population. 

To supply this need the Director has supplemented the work 
of The Journal of Negro History by reprinting and circulating 
a number of valuable dissertations and by publishing several 
books among which are Slavery in Kentucky, The Royal Ad- 
venturers Trading into Africa, and A Century of Negro Migra- 
tion. In the near future the Association will publish for Kr. 
Justice Riddell, of the Canada Supreme Court, a monograph on 
The Slave in Upper Canada. The Director has written an illus- 
trated text-book on Negro history with outlines and references 
to meet the needs of all classes of students. It appears then that 
the Association will soon develop into a nucleus of workers 
known throughout the world as publishers of authoritative and 
scientific works bearing on Negro life and history. 

It is highly gratifying that it is becoming less difficult to find 
funds to support the work of the Association. A number of per- 



sons who made contributions from the very beginning of the 
work have recently increased their donations. Among these are 
Mr. Moorfield Storey and the Phelps Stokes Fund. From other 
sources there have been obtained several substantial contribu- 
tions, such as $100 from Mr. Frank Trumball, $100 from ]Mr. 
William G. Willcox, $200 from Mr. Morton D. Hull, and $250 
from Mr. James J. Storrow, and $400 from Mr. Cleveland H. 
Dodge, the amount which Mr. Rosenwald has from the begin- 
ning annually contributed. 

The Director has endeavored so to increase these contribu- 
tions as to secure an endowment making the Association a foun- 
dation for a serious scientific study of Negro life and history. 
Unfortunately, however, philanthropists have not seemed dis- 
posed to invest large sums in such an enterprise. The reply to 
such appeals is, that while this work is of great value, they have 
no assurance that should I find it necessary to retire therefrom, 
that the work would go on in the way it has been established and 
maintained. They have in mind the dearth of scholarship in 
this field. "When our colleges and universities, therefore, will 
have developed a serious student body primarily interested in 
applying science to the solution of the race problem, these gen- 
tlemen will consider this appeal more sympathetically. 



WHAT THE PUBLIC THINKS OF OUR WORK 



I am impressed by the excellent form in which the publica- 
tion is gotten up, and I feel sure that you will make a great suc- 
cess of this venture.— W. B. Munro, Professor of Government, 
Harvard University. 

It is a real pleasure to see a journal of this kind, dignified in 
form and contents, and conforming in every way to the highest 
standards of modem historical research. — J. E. Spingarn. 



I want to congratulate you on the appearance and contents 
of this publication. It has received most favorable comment 
from every one to whom I have shown it. I certainly wish it 
every success. — Caroline B. Chapin, Englewood, N. J. 



Thank you very much for the Journal of Negro History. 
There are many things in the history of the race, which, if not 
collected in some such form now, would be inevitably lost. — A. 
Lawrence Lowell, President of Harvard University. 



I am deeply interested in the work for the study of Negro 
history which you have inaugurated, and trust that it may meet 
with the support which it deserves. — Alfred H. Stone, Dunleith, 
Mississippi. 

I have read with considerable interest copies of the Jour- 
nal of Negro History. The enterprise seems to be an excellent 
one and deserving of enthusiastic support. — A. A. Goldenweiser, 
The Departme^it of Anthropology, Columhia University. 



I have read the Journal of Negro History with pleasure, 
interest, profit and withal, amazement. The typographical ap- 
pearance, the size, and strong scholastic historical articles reveal 
research capacity of the writers, breadth of learning and fine lit- 
erary taste. — J. W. E, Bowen, Vice-President of the Gammon 
Theological Seminary. 

I am obliged to j'ou for your copy of The Journal of Negro 
History and am interested in knowing that you have undertaken 
this interesting work. I shall endeavor to see that it is ordered 
for our Library. I should suppose that if you could manage to 
float it and keep it going for a few years, at least, that it would 
have considerable historical value. — A. C. McLaughlin, Head of 
the Department of A7ncrican History, the University of Chicago. 



I have examined with interest the first number of the Jour- 
nal of Negro History. It is a credit to its editors and contrib- 
utors and I hope it may continue to preserve high standards and 
to prosper.— Frederick J. Turner, Professor of American His- 
tory, Harvard University. 



. True history concerns itself \vith any and all achieve- 
ments and not merely with political changes or military events. 
Unquestionably a true political history is of real value, but the 
social history of mankind is infinitely more important. 

The Journal of Negro History seems to meet the foregoing 
requirements for a social history of the Negro race rather than a 
mere increase in the already voluminous so-called history of the 
political aspects of slavery reconstruction or reorganization dur- 
ing recent times. — Frederick L. Hoffman. 



I am glad this work has been undertaken and in the broad 
spirit of scientific research. The result is both dignified and in- 
teresting, as well as of genuine historical value. — ^IMrs. L. H. 
Hammond, Dalton, Georgia. 



Here is an historical journal of excellent scientific quality, 
planned and managed by Negro scholars. — The Boston Herald. 



This is a new and stirring note in the advance of the black 
man. — The New York Evening Post. 



An interesting new quarterly periodical is The Journal of 
Negro History edited by Dr. Carter G. Woodson. The first num- 
ber is well printed and edited and the articles are of substantial 
value. — The South Atlantic Quarterly. 



An undertaking which deserves a cordial welcome. — The 
American Historical Review. 



It is a fine volume both in appearance and content. It should 
be in the hands of every one interested in the Negro race. — The 
Crisis. 



PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASSOCIATION 

A Century of Negro Migration 

By DR. CARTER G. WOODSON 

This is the first effort to trace the movements which have dur- 
ing the last century set the Negro population moving from the 
South to the North. Every phase of Negro life and history hav- 
ing a bearing on this neglected field has been adequately treated. 
Why the Negroes have gone, where they have settled and what 
they are doing are all carefully explained. 

This is a valuable contribution to an intelligent understanding of the 
race problem, especially in its more recent aspects. You have rendered a 
genuine service in making this study available. — George E. Vincent, Presi- 
dent of the EocJcefeller Foundation. 

250 pp. Price $1.10 



The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 

By DR. CARTER G. WOODSON 

This book is unique in that it is the first attempt to write an 
account of the efforts put forth to enlighten the Negroes during 
the days of slavery. It is constantly referred to as an authority 
constituting a new page in the history of the black man. This is 
one of the few books treating Negro history scientifically. 

"The most significant book concerning the Negro race published in the 
last year is CARTER GODWIN WOODSON 'S ' The Education of the Negro 
Prior to 1861.' It is a serious work done in a scholarly spirit with restraint, 
thought and care. It has gained notice and praise from the best organs of 
opinion throughout the United States. It is a work that has called for time 
and research and is the sort of thing, and the only sort of thing, that is going 
to compel, in the long run, recognition for Negro scholarship and Negro 
thought. ' '—W. E. B. Du Bois. 






PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASSOCIATION 

Slavery in Kentucky 

By DR. IVAN E. McDOUGLE 



This is an attempt to give a connected and concise account 
of the institution of slavery as it existed in the State of Kentucky 
from 1792 to 1865. In this study the chief emphasis has been 
placed on the legal, economic and social history of slavery in 
Kentucky, Mention of the antislavery struggle is also made. 

Dr. McDougle has discussed in a scientific way one of the most impor- 
tant asj:)€ets of the history of Kentucky. The work is a valuable contribu- 
tion to that local history and Dr. McDougle must long remain as an authority 
in this field. 

125 pp. Price $1.10 



The Company of Royal Adventurers 
Trading into Africa 

By GEORGE F. ZOOK 

This work first appeared in the Journal of Negro History in 
April, 1919. Impressed with its value and believing that there 
would be a demand for it as a separate volume, the Association 
had it reprinted and bound, a part of the edition in cloth and 
the remainder in paper. 

This is a study of the early slave trade by a professor of history in the 
Pennsylvania State College. The author treats the neglected aspect of the 
English trade during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. To do this 
work thoroughly he extended his researches to the British Record Office, the 
British Museum, and Rijiks Archief at The Hague. It is, therefore, the 
product of ripe scholarship showing original treatment and independent 
research. 

Pp. loi Price $1.10 



PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASSOCIATION 



The Neg:ro in Our History 

By DR. CARTER G. WOODSON 
In preparation. To appear about January 1920 

This will be an illustrated text-book suitable for students of 
the senior high school and freshman college grade doing work 
in Negro history. Under the following captions the author un- 
dertakes to cover the whole field : The Negro in Africa, The En- 
slavement of the Negro, Slavery in its Mild Form, The Negro 
and the Rights of Man, The Reconstruction, Economic Slavery, 
The Free Negro, Abolition, Colonization, Slavery and the Con- 
stitution, The Negro in the Civil "War, The Reconstruction, Find- 
ing a Way of Escape, Achievements in Freedom, The Negro in 
the World War, and The Negro and Social Justice. 

This book will be used in the clubs and history classes co- 
operating with the Association for the Study of Negro Life and 
History. The author aims to meet the long felt need of a handy 
volume of fundamental facts with references and suggestions for 
more intensive study of Negro history. 



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